Hoop for barrels and other containers



Dec 29, 1931. E. E. EVERETT 1,838,665

I HOOP FOR BARRELS AND OTHER CONTAINERS Filed Sept. 15, 1926 T a- E v lflmmunmw 6: I qggvzmon BY v 7 ATTORNEYS) Patented Dec. 29, 1931 I i um'riao STATES PA'rEnn 7 ERNEST I. EVERETT, or Yonx Es, NEW Tonxi i, t

1100? FOR BARRELS Ann oTHE ooNTAmEns Application filed September 15, 1926. Serial No. 135,510.

This invention relates to improvements in ings forming part of the specification and in hoops for containers such as barrels, kegs, which 1 tubs and the like. .Fig. 1 is a plan view of theblank of the The invention proposes the use of comm'erpresent inventlon. p a

cial fibre board as a means for providing the Fig. 2 is a perspective of the hoop formed 55 body ofa hoop. Fibre board as distinguished from the blank of; Fig. '1, w from wood, sheet metal and other materials Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the upper end; heretofore used in the manufacture of hoops, portion of a barrel showingv the hoop of this is formed of vegetable pulp, or pulp mixed invention applied thereto,

o with other substances, and suitably processed, Fig. 4 is a perspective of a partly formed 60 upon being turned into sheets, to render it modifiedformof-hoop, v p f tough. In point of hardness sheet fibre is Fig. 5 is, a detailvertical cross section on about the same as medium hard wood, but it the line 55 of Fig. 3, and 7 v is more tough than any wood or sheet metal. Fig. 6 is a detail cross section onthe ,line

The properties of toughness and elasticity 6 6-of Fig. l, 1 65 are highly desirable in any materialfto be In Fig.1 of the drawings5 designates a used for container hoops; it being obvious blank of fibreboard of rectangular contour ,e that these properties combine to prevent disthroughout. The'lengthof blank 5. is suchv placement or creeping of the hoop after the that when the end portions. thereof are; 1

same has been forced into position around brought together, lapped andstapled as illthe staves and thereby tensioned. When cheated by 6 -11. cylindrical hoop 7isprovided a, wood or metal is used for container hoops it for suitably surrounding thestaves ofacon- 1 is necessary to take into consideration the tainer such as the barrel 8 shown in the l longitudinal flare of the staves and so shape drawings. It is of course to be understood the hoop that the inner face thereof will that when the hoop is properly positioned 7 conform to the said flare. The usual practice upon the barrel as shown in Fig. 3 the inner 5 adopted to meet this requirement is, in the marginal side portion thereof remote from case of a metal hoop, to form the same of a the adjacent end "of the barrel is expanded strip provided with concentric arcuate side circumferentially and tensioned due to the 3o edges, and in the case of a wooden hoop to slope of the staves while there is absence of bevel a face thereof. If .a flat wooden or tensionin the opposite or outer edge of the metallic hoop were constructed along cylinhop. As a consequence of this the inner side drical lines its lack of elastic properties of the hoop slopes radially inward and bears would prohibit the hoop from conforming to upon the adjacent surfaces of the stavesi' In the flare of the staves when forced around this wayand by virtue of forming the hoop the same. with an inside diameter approximately equal Coming now to the present mvention the to the outside diameter of a section of the general ob ect is to provide for imparting barreldisposed intheplane of theouter edge to a cyl ndrical hoop such of the properties of the hoop, the elasticity of the material 40 of elastlcity and toughness as Wlll adapt the forming the hoop permits thesame to readily 11001) to conform readlly t0 the fl re of a conform to the longitudinal curvature of the barrel, tub or the like when forced around barrel. Rig to b ot d that whe th hoo the staves here fis positioned around the barrel the'tension The above and other objects are accomis such as to prevent accidental creeping or 15 plished by instrumentalities pointed out in displacement of the hoop. .The hoop of the following specification. course may be permanently fastened by any The invention is clearly defined in the of the usual methods or by an adhesive coatclanns. ing disposed uponthe inner face of the hoop.

A satisfactory embodiment of the inven- In the modified form of the invention 50 tion is illustrated in the accompanying drawshown in Fig. 4 a hoop is formed by winding a thin strip 9 of fibre upon a cylinder so as to provide a cylindrical hoop made up of a lurality of layers or laminations, 10 and 11, hearin one upon the other and permanently secureg to one another by means of a coating of adhesive arranged therebetween. In thls way there is provided a continuous cylindrical hoop formed of layers of fibrous material and adapted for conforming to the contour of a barrel or the like when forced thereon in the usual manner.

Although I have shown and described embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of various changes, and I reserve the right to employ such of these as may come within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A hoop, for flared containers, comprising a cylindrical body formed of fibre board and having sufiicient inherent resiliency to permit the body to expand circumferentially and progressively from side to side in the application thereof to a container whereby the body conforms automatically to the flare of the container and tensionally embraces the same.

2. A hoop, for flared containers, comprising a cylindrical body of regular polygonal cross-section formed of fibre board and having suflicient inherent resiliency to permit the inner circumference of the body to expand progressively in the application of the body to a container whereby the said circumference is automatically conformable to the flare of the container and tensionably embraces the same.

3. A hoop, for flared containers, comprisinga cylindrical body of rectangular crosssection formed of commercial artificial fibre board and having suflicient inherent resiliency to permit the inner circumference of the body to expand progressively in the application of the body to a container, whereby the said circumference is automatically conformable to the flare of the container and tensionably embraces the same.

4. A hoop, for flared containers, comprising a cylindrical body of rectangular crosssection formed of fibrous material made of vegetable pulp suitably processed to have suflicient toughness, elasticity, and inherent resiliency to permit the inner circumference of the body to expand progressively in the application of the body to a container, whereby the said circumference is automatically conformable to the flare of the container and tensionably embraces the same.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 7th day of September, A. D. 1926.

ERNEST P. EVERETT. 

